📜 Historic cemetery, founded mid-19th century, recognized as an outstanding historical landmark and listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
🔍 Reveals Brownsville's colorful history, with above-ground tombs reflecting New Orleans traditions.
🚶♀️ Wander among historic gravestones
📖 Learn about early settlers, Pancho Villa’s troops, and notable figures
🏛️ Observe unique above-ground crypts and diverse tombstone inscriptions
🌍 Experience Spanish-French, English, German, and Mexican cultural influences
Daily, 8 AM - 5 PM.
Adjacent to an oxbow lake near the city center.
Home to victims of wars, gunfights, yellow fever, and cholera.
The Old City Cemetery Center (1004 E. Sixth Street) houses an exhibit and provides genealogy assistance.
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